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Photo: Syracuse Crunch forward and Tampa Bay lightning prospect Nikita Kucherov is currently tied for second in goals with 13 so far in the 2013-14 AHL season (courtesy of Minas Panagiotakis/Icon SMI)

The AHL is nearly at the quarter-pole for the 2013-14 season, with most teams approaching the 20-game mark in their season. Teams are beginning to find their strengths and weaknesses, and some players – like Tyler Toffoli – have already been called up to their NHL affiliate.

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Photo: Notheastern University forward and Anaheim Ducks prospect Kevin Roy is picking up where he left off in 2012-13, leading the Huskies offense while also sitting among the top scorers in the NCAA (courtesy of Richard T Gagnon/Getty Images)

The opening month of the 2013-14 NCAA hockey season featured some fantastic finishes and great performances by a number of NHL prospects. Hockey’s Future takes a look back what happened during the month of October. Unless otherwise noted, all stats are current as of November 3rd.

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Photo: Selected first overall in the 2013 NHL Draft, center Nathan MacKinnon has made a smooth transition to the NHL level. (courtesy of Karl Gehring/The Denver Post via Getty Images)

Below is the 21-30 segment of the Hockey's Future NHL Team Rankings. The teams are ranked in terms of the quality of their overall prospect pool as voted on by members of the HF staff. For reference, just the top five prospects for each club are listed. To be eligible, a prospect must meet HF's prospect criteria. The rankings are done twice a year, with this ranking meant to represent the state of the prospect pools in the early stages of the 2013-14 season.